CVE-2025-54409CWE-476

AIDE null pointer dereference when reading incorrectly encoded xattr attributes from database (local DoS)

Medium · published August 14, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. From versions 0.13 to 0.19.1, there is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can crash the program during report printing or database listing after setting extended file attributes with an empty attribute value or with a key containing a comma. A local user might exploit this to cause a local denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves removing xattrs group from rules matching files on affected file systems.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00246 · 15.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2025-08-14T15:52Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 AUG 15:52Z
    AIDE null pointer dereference when reading incorrectly encoded xattr attributes from database (local DoS)
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